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About Melaiyur I Village

Melaiyur I is a mid sized village in Mannargudi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,748, made up of 836 males and 912 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melaiyur I Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melaiyur I village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Mannargudi
Pincode 614013
Area (hectares) 380.52 hectares
Population 1,748
Male Population 836
Female Population 912
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Melaiyur I compares

By the 2011 count Melaiyur I is the 69th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents. Its 380.52 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Melaiyur I

Melaiyur I is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Melaiyur I as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Melaiyur I from other places

Melaiyur I lies about 35 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Ammapet, about 5.8 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Melaiyur I
Nearest railway station Ammapet 5.8 km
Nearest town Kumbakonam 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Mannargudi 23 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 35 km

Villages closest to Melaiyur I

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mannargudi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Melaiyur I

As per the Census of India 2011, Melaiyur I village had a population of 1,748. That makes it the 69th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents.

Melaiyur I village has 836 males and 912 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melaiyur I has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Melaiyur I is 614013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melaiyur I covers 380.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melaiyur I falls under Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Melaiyur I is Ammapet, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Melaiyur I.

Melaiyur I is about 35 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melaiyur I is in Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Ammapet is about 5.8 km away. Kumbakonam is about 16 km away. Mannargudi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melaiyur Ii (under 2 km), Sithamalli (9.2 km) and Orathur (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Melaiyur I today is likely to be higher.

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